Shuttle ferry flight delayed due to weather

By Eric Berger |
September 16, 2012

NASA says space shuttle Endeavour and the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft are ready to go, but the weather is not.

The cold front approaching Houston is not expected to clear Houston in time for a safe arrival Monday at Ellington, the space agency decided during a flight readiness review on Sunday.

NASA has, accordingly, decided to delay the start of the ferry at least one day and provide a briefing on the weather again at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

So the plan now shifts at least one day - with a Houston/Ellington stopover on Tuesday provided the weather is good, including one night now on the ground at Ellington Field, with departure for California near sunrise Wednesday.